News Brief

9/25/2011, Elul 26, 5771

Abbas; Not Just Any Negotiations

Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority returned to Ramallah, Sunday afternoon from his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly in New York and told the tens of thousands waiting for him that he "wants to achieve our rights through negotiations but not any negotiations." He repeated his demand that construction stop in Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria. Before addressing the people, Abu-Mazen lay a wreath at the tomb of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat.